Trinamool Congress' sitting Rajya Sabha MP Kunal Ghosh has been named as one of the accused as CBI registered a record number of 46 FIRs in a day in connection with its probe in the Saradha chit-fund scam.

After registering three fresh cases in West Bengal and taking over 42 cases from the Odisha Police, which was probing the case, a CBI spokesperson said the larger conspiracy, including the role of regulatory authorities and money trail in this scam, will also come under the scanner during investigation.

Officials said role of regulatory bodies like Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI), RBI and the Ministry of Corporate Affairs will be examined as per the Supreme Court order.

In three FIRs pertaining to cases in West Bengal, CBI named chairman-cum-managing Director of Saradha group Sudipta Sen, then director Saradha Realty Debjani Mukherjee, CEO Saradha Media Kunal Ghosh, also a TMC MP, then senior vice president Saradha Media Somnath Dutta, the then Director of Saradha Realty Manoj Naghel and an employee of Saradha Group of Companies Aurobindo Chauhan.

The agency has registered the cases for alleged criminal breach of trust, cheating and criminal conspiracy among others.

In 42 FIRs registered in Orissa, CBI accused Pradeep Sethi, MD of Arthsatwa group and Prashant Das of Sea Shore group besides MDs and other officials of Rose Valley micro finance among others.